This a Beautiful Gem Quality piece of amber with a rare Isopod from the late Cretaceous of Myanmar! The Isopod is in incredible condition with articulated segments, legs, and antennae articulated and showing excellent detail! The amber is gorgeous gold citrine with incredible clarity! The amber's dimensions measure 13.6 x 9.4 x 4.2 millimeters and weighs .32 grams! It comes in a floating frame with a stand, blown up pictures of the inclusions, and detailed information for easy transport and a beautiful display!
Despite many thinking they are a type of insect, isopods are actually a type of crustacean. This ancient order first appeared 300 million years ago and has changed little since. Isopods are found all over the world from deep ocean trenches were they reach the size of a football to the pill bugs in your garden! Although they are a rather mundane part of everyday life, isopod fossils are extraordinarily rare making up only a fraction of a percent of the various critters found in burmite!
Amber is petrified tree resin (not sap, resin is much thicker). It forms when trees secrete resin, and the resin is quickly washed away by water and deposited in a lake where it is covered by sediment (if the resin isn’t washed away it decomposes or gets eaten). Along the way, small particles of dust, bits of plant material, and even small animals like insects and lizards can become trapped in the resin which hardens and preserves whatever is trapped within (aka inclusions). Myanmar amber, also known as Burmite, is world renowned gem quality amber known for excellent inclusions of insects, plants, and even small vertebrates! The preservation in amber can be so good it inspired a major portion of Jurassic Park, where blood sucking insects trapped in amber provided the DNA needed to clone dinosaurs! While the science of cloning dinosaurs from amber is, for better or worse, not a reality the pristine fossils of small animals that are rarely fossilized in any other way is very real! Makes for a terrific addition to any fossil collection or even a gem for high end jewelry!
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Inclusions: Isopod
Size:Â 13.6 x 9.4 x 4.2 millimeters and weighs .32 grams
Clarity: Incredible
Color: Gold Citrine
Found: Hukawng Valley, Myanmar
Age: 99 million years old
Alteration: polished